Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 121, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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hhn for tho Scml-AVookly Reporter for
12 months and promised to keep hlni'
posted on rainfall crop conditions
etc.
S. E. Taylor out on route- 1 says
he's got his land In good Bhape for the
coining crop.
John Morrlsott and D. E. Thornton
report the face of Mother Earth -being
turned tlpsey-turvoy In Laitdunm
school hoiiBO district. r
II. 11. Cook of Dewey In tho south
part of tho county camo over Tuesday
jtnd remained Until Thursday on bus-
iness and visiting his daughter Mrs.
Ed Harris.
The work boing done on tho streets
of Abiletio is nob only a Bhow for rural
visitors but hundreds of town people
stand for hours watching tho big
steam rollers and other machinery at
work. . .$
C M. Butchoo made big money lnt
year in the hog business and about
nil the feed they had was the slop and
waste from tho railroad camps at Buf
falo Gap. It's an old but "true saying
"Where there's a will there's a way.""
"Judge J K. Fuller of Iborls was
n business visitor to the Gap one day
this week" lluffalo Gap ' Live Oak.
That don't sound good for a AVost For-
kor but anyway give us ye hand
"dedgo".
John May living noitb of town a few'
miles is wearing a face as long as a
plow lino because his neighbor G. S.
Jackson has moved to (own. now-
over John says aB the move was made
for. BcliOol purposes ho can't blame
G. S.
J. AV Patterson living near rock
crossing on Elm creek northeast of
town is not only a hog raiser but Is
a dealer In the mortgage' lifters. He
recently bought and shipped two car
loads to tho Fort Worth market.
R."H. Reddell and tils son Rex Were
over from Tuscola trading nnd spent
the night With relatives W. M. Black-
wood and fnmlly in aVlley View lien
derson made 10 bales of cotton plen-
ty of feed and salted down four big
-porkers.
S. O. and Mrs. Mhthls were over
from HaWley Wednesday shopping
nnd Bho kindly thanked the writer for
sympathizing with her in having to
even look at S. 0. Blnco hla upper lip
hirsute fell a victim beneath the cllp-
pes of some tonsorial artist at Haw-
ley AV. C. Shaw has went soveral weeks
out near o)d Rising Sun on lower
Headman building and improving
hcruses barns nnd fences on a half sec-
tion of land the Burton-Lingo Lumber
-company recently bought
"I got just $100.00 from niy water"-
molon patch last year nnd sold every-
one of them to dealers who camo af-
ter them" said J. C. Copeland of
Jim Ned valley While in Abilene this
week. He has an orchard of S00 trees
lie says that ho expects a good in-
come from In tho next year or so..
Z. T. Adams has received a letter
from 'Joo Pickle nn Abilerte carpen
ter and contractor who with his wife
loft" hero several days ago for Fayette-
vllle" Tennessee to attend the form-
ers father Mr. Stallings a former
Abljone map who 1b Said to bo in u
critical condition his malady being a
cancer on his tongue.
J. P. .Wood .Brndfibnw; A. M. AVlm-
"berly SUth; nnd C. M. AVrlsten Abi-
lene route 1 are threo old timers
caught in. tho solicitor's subscription
net this weok. The latter is the young
est son of our honorablo townsman
D. AV Wristen for years a loading
business man of and 'mayor of Ahl-
leno and the writer 1ms' known "Ohar-
loy from his infancy but bo's now a
stout robust healthy farmer.
J. L. Rountroo of Sambo' visited his
mother nt Austin during tho holiday
season and considering her advanced
age S3 years found her enjoying the
heat of health. She is tho mother qf
eleven children olght of them Uvlug
nnd sho has 4S grandchildren. She
will vlBiti her boiib J. L. and F. M.
nt Sambo this summer. They havo had
only one rain in the Austin country
slnco last fall says J. L.
E. A. AVhltmore n business man of
Gurdon Arkansas was hero a few
dpys ago looking after his 1030-acre
fn.rmln tho old.Hnlf Circle ranch dls-
west of Caps. If good crops are
mario lumr .Trus year. Mr. wnltmaro
InoxLiall and make his
II. B; Hartllne superintendent on
ono of tho Guitar farms out north of
tho city says ho baB COO acres of land
well pulverized with diBC plows har-
rowed and rolled with heavy rollors to
hold the molBturo II. B. has adopted
tho Campbell system as near as he
knows about It aud the writer 1b going
to keop In touch with him until harvest
time.
Tom Peovey was in fro tntho Hodges
district on busluoss and reported his
father-in-law J. C. Lee confined to IiJb
homo most of tho time. Ho hna been
having troublo with his eyes for some
time and tiliey are getting bo weak
that ho ennnot seo Jiow to get 'round.
Friend Leo 1b ono of our old old tim-
ers and his mniiy Ahlleiyo friends
hope to hear better news from him ere
long.
What Is
A Guaranty Fund Bank?
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II. U. Drummond was in Abilene
Wednesday' on business tind reported
Dr. Willbnnks rapidly recovering from
a siege Of jjueumonln HIb town
A'few on tho Santa F6 west 6f Caps
ho Bays Is doing a good business. Tho'
Reporter wants n correspondent nt
View as well as tither towns In tho
county. Stationery will bo furnished
If you will call for it.
J. H. Moody Was over to pay taxes
for himself and for several of his
neighbors who aro going td bo ready
to vote their sentiments on any ques-
tion thnt mrty come before the Peoplo
during this ycjar of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and cloven. He
reported John ahd B. AV. Mddleton
Who were hurt In a arllroad wreck on
December 31st getting along as well
as could bo expected though neither
ono of them Is- able to work
T. P. AVood tho old peanut and pig
raiser over on the Brazos river near
McCamanh has been marketing somo
fine porkers In Abilene since Christ-
mas. He has Just one maro for mar-
ket that will weigh close to BOO pounds
he says. Tom says his neighbor AV111
Young brought five nicely dressed
hogs to Abilene but could not sell
them on "account of being too phat"
is the reason T. P. gives.
J. H.Amerson living two miles south
of Tye spent! Tuesday in Ablleno on
business. Ho reported his daughter
Mrs. Frank Fielder confined to her
bed with rheumatism AVhllo here ho
ordered his Semt-AA'eekly Reporter
stopped npt on account of hnrd times
but because as he said If tho Semi fs
so good the Dally Is hotter and he'll
read the news every day from ndw oiu
He also renewed lite father's subscrip-
tion. Ho lives at Corona in "old
Alabama."
John Humphrey who has been xlown
near Dallas for seven weeks working
at his trade as a carpenter has re-
turned homo and says ho is better
pleased with Abilene than ever be-
fore although Ho is one of our old-
timers. AVhJIe thore they had severnl
cloudy misty days but no rain and
Pallas and all other towns In that sec-
tion aro still hauling water for domes-
tic purposes he says and that there
is not moisture enough in the ground
to sprout wheat and oats that havo
boon planted for weeks.
This question is often asked. The Depositor's
Guaranty Fund is a fund in the hands of the
banking commissioner obtained by taxing all
State Banks. This fund is nownlarge enough to
protect all deposits in any bank that might fail.
In the event of a failure the commissioner would
take charge and pay off the depositors at once.
What Better Protection Do You Want?
THE FIRST STATE BANK & TRUST COMPANY
MORGAN WEAVER President
THE GUARANTY FUND BANK
J. 0. SHELTON Vice-President
E. B. BYNUM Ctshier
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! lijc suffered with
1Px SP3- une year agoaast m
J y5f"ng CascnnlMimtmmm
Jr tkfiEurse of jaadrclk I Noticed
T Man to diavpnear andt
reeks tlafy dtd not tf
CascarafB have done m
m eifarely cured jfcd
SEun George Kvucr
4 Plaasant. PaladCbl
DtWJood. tid
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lies for thlrty-
nl l be-
Mtion. In
the oiles
th end of six
buble ine at all.
onders forme. 1
feel like a new
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fer Slcken.Weaken or Urine.
Never sold In bulk. The cen.
ulno tablet ilamMdCCC. Guaranteed in
aura or your moMybck. 888
In gathering his potato crop In
North Park last fall J. A'.'coIUiib had
HO or more bushels of old tlmp white
tuber3 thnt ho could not soil above 50
cents per bushel and as ho has an
eyo for business ho burled them In
tho sand 'until Inst week when he
brought thorn to town and tho mer-
chants were glad to get thorn at $1.00
per bushel. J.. A. ronkos tho stuff and
keeps his oyo on the market.
Manager II. II. Allison of thc Farm-
ers Union warehouse association says
that he is receiving letters from far-
mars in tho surrounding country mak-
ing enquiry about cotton seed. He
I thinks that the 25.0QO club ought to
take this matter up nt bnco wltli tho
business mon and see that farmers
get all the seed they may need. This
Is a very very Important matter and
Mr. Allison's suggestion IB timely nnd
good and It ought to be attended to
ati once.
henr each In his own way tell of his
failures His ups and his downs and his
outs nnd his ins since 'adopting this
tho best country in Texas as a home.
J. C. Copeland wa8 In Abilene this
week to pay Ills taxes and look after
other business matters Ho recently
made a business trip to tho homo of
his boyhood days Jn Collin county and
briefly this 1b the way he sums up
things there "Fino country' made
good crops there last year g6t plenty
of money roads nil graded 'land val-
ues gone Up like a skyrocket buti there
aro too many peoplo there from ono
to threo families living In ono houBe
and oply a few days there I sighed
for fresh air and more olbow room and
was glad to get back to my ".lira Ned!
Valley home a home I would not ex-
change for any homo In old Collin
and compel mo to live there." S. C.
Came to .Taylor county in 1883 and
like all our old timers you might tip-
can him pu' youribest dogs after hfm
and run him up a saplln' but out of
the county never! He's too well fix
ed in tho way of a home and surroun-
djngsv He loves the country the peo-
plo and cllmato and tho "elbow room'r
Is an Important feature in buying a
homo thati should not ho overlooked.
u
J J. McCartney was down from Tyo
this week to pay his 1910 taxes and
in conversation with him ho nnd tho
wrkor recognized each other as boy-
hood friends frlonds who had gath-
ered honey suckles and dogwood blos-
soms from the mountain Bldo hooked
horney-heads from N the limpid waters
of Buffalo river In Wayne county
Tennessee played ' VsnapSFi "heavy'
hoay what hangs over your head"
and "Grand 'mamma hobble gobbl6"
with the girls all night long after n
hard days work phuckln' com nnd
Tollln' logs. AVe were both orphan
boys working on a farm then at a
salary that wouldn't now keop a town
dude In clgaiottos and o'f all our as-
sociates In thoso dayB who had wealthy
parentis not a ono could wo recall thnt
now owns a home while wo both can
lay claim to a homo at least. This is
not talk in a spirit of braggadocio b
to encourage tho boy who (s startWg
out to fight life's battles wltlbut
father or mother to advise amihelp
him along the rugged Journey i
Hon. J. A. Tucker of Morkcl was In
Abilene on business tho first tlmo for
many moons. J. A. and Undo Jlmmle
Baker of Trent wore the first td sottlo
In Mulberry Canyon nnd for tho first
year or sa-they tell It on themselves
madQ n living by stealing cedar
posts from each otlior. If this Writer
lives a few moro months he's going to
urgo a reunion of old settlers nt our
county fair this fall not for tho pUr-
poso of -"drawing a crowd" but to
"''ake bnilds with them and to mix
with them around the camp flroB 'and
fifi
Outside of That He's
AN Right!
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Man comes 'into this .world without hi
on earth his tlmo is spent in one
beings. In his Infancy he is an n
from n lizzard up; in his dutle
check bo's a thlof and then iwdft raises
aud has not sense; If ho Is fbhho Is dlfihof
him as ho is an undeslrab
church he Is a sinner and dUncd; If.bcsaVmates
he Is stingy and a tightwad mjiqn lt&Jtirst cOmc
ho goes out they all want to
If ho dies young there
way and living to save funer?
This life is a funny road
ful and send your order to
sfrlbent nnd it
:ojJflrual round of con
utfrjf in his boyhood lion
nRifd n wl 1 tin tnfa.
VV ' '""'I - " mow
caln with htnjr
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bulLcoul
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annto
krajtJIflm. J
Vrs ailantUuro
k cxjienppsTaaj
itWaTl like to- In I'l'l HUlilliM
avea It against his wlll. During his stay
trades and misunderstandings by his fellow-
s n devil; In his manhood ho la everything
jufamlly lie's a chump; if ho raises a small
"If he Is a poor man he 1b a bad manager
Idcred smart; if he 1b in politics you can't place
hurch he b a hypocrite It ho stays away from
foreign missions he does it for show; If ho doesn't
the world everybody wants to klBs him; before
boforo him; If ho Uvea to a ripe old age ho Is In tho
he same so join in tho lino of tho cheer-
A. E. WATSON Groceries
Both Phonps 16. Corner Pine and North 3rd.
lion's This.
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured bHall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo O.
We the Undersigned have known
F. J. Cheney for the last lfi years and
believe him perfectly honorablo In nil
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm. AValding Kinnan & Marvin
AVholesalo Druggists Toledo O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure la taken Inter-
nally acting directly- upon the blood
nnd raucous surfaces of tho system.
Testimonials Bent free. Price 75c per
bottle. Sold by all. druggists
Tnko Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Bass' 3363 will euro your headache.
At nil druggists 25 and 50c.
MrB. J. It Brady of Sweetwater who
was among the shoppers in Ablleno
yesterday left over the first weBt-
bound Texas &Paclflc train in tho af
ternoon for her home.
WOMZlN'tf ILLST
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dlessly (rent girlhood to woman-
lbod .told cie with backuche.
ShfDccomcs broken-down sleep-
wrd feels tired from inorniiij! to
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Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 121, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1911, newspaper, January 26, 1911; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth334765/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.